wbo (WhiteBophir)
Productivity
collaborative whiteboard
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
9 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.
Execution: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Nice, useful tool for meetings and collaboration
From 3 comments
I love this tool, especially on something with a stylus. Throw it up on a projector, connect with your device. Great for meetings
noobiemcfoob on HNNice job, really nice tool.
wonderwonder on HNThis is actually a missing product! Good idea!
kissgyorgy on HN
Good idea, a missing product
From 2 comments
This is actually a missing product! Good idea!
kissgyorgy on HNThis is such a great idea! I would use this as an annotation tool in meetings, particularly architectural diagrams and other complex information-rich image artefacts. I'm not…
thinkersilver on HN
Objections
Site went down under Hacker News traffic (502 error)
From 2 comments
502 bad gateway
kawfey on HNSorry :) It's the hackernews effect. It's back online
lovasoa on HN
Does not work on mobile
From 1 comment
Doesn't seem to work on mobile. Did anyone have better luck?
brylie on HN
Hand tool scrolls whole board instead of moving objects
From 1 comment
This is awesome! I think the hand tool needs some work though. To me, it should be used to move specific shapes or text around rather than scroll the entire whiteboard. Also some…
rpedela on HN
Requests
Add image loading
From 1 comment
This is such a great idea! I would use this as an annotation tool in meetings, particularly architectural diagrams and other complex information-rich image artefacts. I'm not…
thinkersilver on HN
Add an eye dropper color picker
From 1 comment
Please add an eye dropper (the paint thing that matches the color you click on for the pencil)
eezurr on HN
Select and move multiple objects
From 1 comment
This is awesome! I think the hand tool needs some work though. To me, it should be used to move specific shapes or text around rather than scroll the entire whiteboard. Also some…
rpedela on HN
Questions
Is the source code available?
From 2 comments
link to source code?
dberg on HNhttps://github.com/lovasoa/whitebophir
StreakyCobra on HN
How is latency handled when editing the same item concurrently?
From 2 comments
Amazing! Curious about whether you faced an issue with latency? What if two people are concurrently editing the same item on the whiteboard with high latency?
arsalanb on HNWhat do you mean by "the same item" ? You cannot really "edit" things other people drew. You can delete something as someone else is drawing it. Then it doesn't really matter if…
lovasoa on HN
Alternatives named
RealtimeBoard and Awwapp
From 1 comment
We have a few touchscreens in the office loaded with https://realtimeboard.com and https://awwapp.com/ in full screen. You can save your doodles straight to Google Drive. Works…
hunvreus on HN
drawo.sh
From 1 comment
I think I created something similar with a slightly more moder UI, I have yet to add the network interface. https://drawo.sh, would you like to collaborate?
francescogior on HN
cursors.io and Reddit Place
From 1 comment
This reminds me a little bit of both cursors.io [0] and Place [1] - Reddit's April Fools' social experiment in 2017. [0] http://cursors.io/ [1]…
darekkay on HN